My wife and I are the parents of three young children. Almost every evening, we all sit down at our table to..
The prophet Isaiah assures the bereft of Zion that God will not – indeed, cannot – forget them. “Can a woman forget..
Guest commentary by Gary Smith Change is hard for everyone. It doesn’t matter what the discipline or occupation; change is hard. I..
Guest commentary by Carrie Finch-Burris Way back in the fall of 2016, a small group from the Presbytery of Baltimore gathered..
Creator God, Since You formed us in Your image, we humans have been singing. After You led them out of slavery, Moses..
In Genesis 37 and 39-47 we learn about Joseph, one of the sons of Israel. In a capsule, political and filial intrigue..
You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might. Who doesn’t..
This issue is the third in a series of four exploring basic theological questions in ways designed to engender further discussion in..
Guest commentary by Barbara Gaddis and Stephanie Anthony Nothing can prepare you for a General Assembly in the midst of a global..
Incarnation. My first thought when I hear this word is “the Word made flesh.” God taking on a human body in the..
While I was leading a church-sponsored trip, the father of a parishioner told me a family story. His two daughters had left..
I work on a college campus, a place where Generation Z is making themselves known. I am an older millennial, a generation..
Once upon a time, a professor of theology heeded the lasting wisdom of H. Richard Niebuhr. “Today,” he observed way back..
Being a pastor during this pandemic feels something like the life of Bill Murray’s cynical weatherman character, Phil Conners, in the classic..
Who is God, really? Who are we, honestly? And what does God have to do with us? I realize our attention should..
Emmanuel The best way to determine what God has to do with us is to listen to God’s own testimony in Scripture...
When I went for a walk a week ago, I saw a mom holding her little boy and the leash of her..
This issue is the second in a series of four exploring basic theological questions in ways designed to engender further discussion in..
I recently conducted an informal Facebook poll asking who in the Bible really seemed to “fit the part” of a messenger of..
It is a privilege to work from home. Healthcare workers, grocery store clerks, those still able to work in food service, police..
Our congregation’s director of senior adult ministries made a scriptural connection several weeks ago that stuck with me and has intensified..
Reading the Passion and Easter narratives this year, I noticed something I had never quite named before. In a post-resurrection appearance, Jesus..
There once was a man who wished to be a mountain. He asked it of the stranger who gave such gifts away..
It was a Wednesday. I was just four days off a plane from Virginia for a wedding shower with my fiancé’s family...
In 2015, Brock Turner was convicted of three counts of felony sexual assault. Two international students from Sweden caught him in the..
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